THIS week's ruling by the European Court of Justice that the European Commission (Brussels) has the power to harmonise criminal laws across the whole of the EU naturally produced a rash of headlines of the “Europe can now jail British citizens” variety in Britain. It should be said at once that not even experienced international lawyers are agreed on the precise meaning of the judgement; some think it breaks new ground while others believe it is only a minor extension of the Commission's existing legal powers. The European Court of Justice's judgement related narrowly to the punishment of offenders against the EU's environmental directives but the Commission quickly issued a statement saying that it regarded the result as “an important precedent for Community law in general”.
EU law extended
15/09/2005 00:00
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